> Investigate all of the houses in the town for valuables

This is something you've dreamed about doing for years! Wielding Mr Fish for protection, just in case, you begin looting houses. You come back with a gain of 200 moneys, a pair of panties (for..... recreational purposes), and some extra food.... And some jewelry..... and silverware............. basically anything you thought would be valuable.

> On to the next town

Not seeing much to do, you decide you might as well begin heading to Sandgem. Although, you get the feeling that if you leave now, you may not be back here for a long time... Are you sure you've done all you want to do?

> Head home, Recall Strahm, Wield Mr Fish

You recall Strahm and, holding Mr Fish, you start heading back home. You decide to make good use of Mr Fish and batter a few Pokemon along the way, causing it to get a bit stronger as you go. You finally make it home, which is eerily quiet without your insane mom and the rest of the townspeople. You wonder where they went.... There also seems to be no sign of Barry. He may have gone on to the next town.

> Swing Mr Fish at the Bidoof

THWACK! Homerun!! The Bidoof prety much goes flying, slams into a tree. One-Hit KO!

[Mr Fish learned Wake-Up Slap??]

Mr Fish seems to be dazed by the hit, but is all the stronger for the battle.

> Call out Mr Fish, wield him as bat

You decide to pick on a Bidoof on land. You call out Mr Fish, though he was already out, so you just pick him up by his tail from the water, holding him one-handed like you would a bat or a sword, or some other weapon. Magikarp could tell this wouldn't end well..

"Karp....."

Strahm waddles over to you, wondering what's up now. "Plup?"

The Bidoof sits there with it's cute eyes, waiting to see what you'll do.

> Search for wild pokemon in the nearby vicinity to battle

Strahm Health: [||||||-------] Tired
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Bubble, Aerial Ace?

Jacqued: [----------] K.O.
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Defense Curl

Amelia: [||---------] Tired
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Quick Attack

Mr Fish: [||||||||||||||||||||] Tired
Moves: Splash

A quick look of your surroundings tells you that there are plenty of Bidoof, Starly, and Magikarp to fight. Anything else you'd be hard-pressed to find. What do you want to battle?

> Rousing Speech!, SPLASH!!!

"Mr Fish! We must prevail over god's sinister design of making you worthless!
Are you with me!?!

Splashes! All the splashing you can do! When you think you can't splash no more, SPLASH MORE! WE WILL TRAIN, WE WILL IMPROVE, WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS!"

Apparently sensing your insanity, Barry decides to recall Turtwig and make a break for it.. You'll probably see him later... but for now, there's training to do! Mr Fish begins splashing like there's no tomorrow! SPLASH SPLASH SPLASH SPLASH SPLASH! It took quite a few hours for Magikarp to finally get tired of splashing...

> Catch, Name, Friends

You use an empty Pokeball to catch the Magikarp!

[Magikarp is caught!!!]

You hear your Pokedex chiming in.

"Magikarp, the Fish Pokemon. It is an underpowered, weak Pokemon that jumps about and splashes for no reason, making it easy prey for bird Pokemon. A Magikarp that has lived for long enough will have enough power to jump over a mountain using Splash. However, most Magikarp are too weak and are easily swept away by currents. It's current moves are: Splash."

You name it Mr. Fishy. You then call it out and hug it joyfully, as you hear appropriate music (cue montage).

> Catch whatever is nibbling

Using your suddenly-inherited skills of fishing, you quickly reach down and catch whatever it is by the tail!

You yank it up out of the water to discover you have a bright new Magikarp, the most common Pokemon in existence! You just need to put it in a Pokeball to make it official.

> Do victory laps around the lake!

You begin to do victory laps around that lake, while that music plays again. Of course, you then fall into the lake. No biggie, though you do feel some fishies nibbling at your pant legs.

> Dodge, Launch, ATTACK

Piplup began to dodge backwards, but... well.. the beam is still coming towards him, so just moving backwards isn't going to suddenly make the beam go left or right... so Piplup backs up all the way until it hits your legs. He is hit and has health drained from him. Sad.

"Strahm! Let's do it again!" You grab Piplup and with all your might, you launch him upwards. "FLYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!"

"PIPLUUUUUUUUUUUUP!"

"STRAHM! I BELIEVE IN YOU! YOU CAN DO IT! AERIAL AAAAAACE!"

"Pi..PIPLUUUUUUUUUP!"

Strahm resigns to his only option and begins dive bombing straight at Turtwig, bracing himself for impact. Strahm was like a missile now and even impacted like one as Strahm and Turtwig met head-to-head... literally. Things seemed to freeze in time for a moment at the exact impact; Turtwig's face in fear, Barry's face in shock and awe, and Piplup's face also in fear. It was glorious... the next thing you know, Piplup is standing over a fallen Turtwig, almost not quite believing himself that he just won a battle in a truly awesome way.

"W-woah," Barry managed to mutter. "You... I guess you win!"

> Recall Jacqued; Go Strahm; Fly

Yeah, what -is- up with these names? At least Strahm has some dignity!! Speaking of which, you recall the fainted Jacqued and send out Strahm, you proudly puffs out his chest. "PipLUP!"

"Strahm! This is your chance to redeem yourself! FLYYYYYYY!"

"PIIIIPLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!"

Strahm charges forward, flippers flapping, ready to FLYYYYYY!!!!!.. Except halfway to Turtwig, he falls flat on his face. After a moment, Piplup quickly stood, acting as if nothing happened. He's chill that way.

Barry takes the moment to attack. "Turtwig! Use.... ABSORB!" Well, -someone's- been training.. Turtwig shoots out a red beam from it's mouth, which, if it connects, will absorb energy from Piplup...... duh.

> Counter

You order Jacqued to charge in head first with his own tackle! Jacqued becomes the "baws" of all "bawses" and charges in ferociously, head lowered, and picking up speed! Both Bidoof collide with a sickening thud and they immediately fall to the ground..... after a moment, it's obvious that both Pokemon fainted. Bidoof was still weak from those last couple of battles, after all. But.. you beat Barry's Bidoof too, so yay!

Barry sends out his next Pokemon, Turtwig!

"Go, Turtwig! This is my last Pokemon, so let's make it count!"

> Send out Jacqued

Seeing Barry get up, you realize you must still battle him! He -is- your rival, after all. Battling's what they do!.... right? Either way, you send out Jacqued, still weak but ready to do battle!

"Bidoof!"

"Are you ready to continue the battle, Barry?!"

"Wh-what?! Are you crazy?"

"A little, maybe...."

"....."

Barry quickly got to his feet. "Well, if you wanted to fight that badly, why didn't you say so?! Go, Bidoof!!"

Barry tossed a Pokeball, and as it opened, you were treated to a brilliant display of sparkling lights and out popped a... light-brown Bidoof!

"A Shiny Bidoof?!" You are amazed!! You simply -must- tell Slendy about this later.

Barry quickly attacks. "Bidoof, Tackle!" His Bidoof quickly charges at Jacqued.

> Recall Strahm; Loot Barry; Play Victory Music

You recall Strahm and quickly begin to rifle through Barry's pockets for any and all money.

[Gain 2000 moneys]

Awesome, now you're all the richer for it. You feel so proud of yourself, as you pose there and a music plays, declaring your victory!

Just then, Barry begins to stir, so you take a few steps back so it doesn't seem like you were about to rape him or anything.

"Ow, my head.... what happened..? Jesus Effing Christ, that hurt!!"

Jesus? Who's that? The only god you have in this world is the almight Arceus... and maybe yourself.

> Scold Barry; Throw Strahm; Scold Strahm

"Nobody talks about my mother like that, except for me and the Bidoof!"


Using all of your manly strength, powered by the insult of your evil mother, you hurl a Pokeball in Barry's direction, but above him.


"Strahm, use Fly!!!"


Yes, this was Strahm's Pokeball that was used. Strahm emerged triumphantly from his Pokeball and began to flap his wings like mad. "PIPLUPPIPLUPPIPLUPIPLUPPIPLUP"


But, being a penguin, this ultimately failed and Piplup dive-bombed right down at Barry, their forehead's colliding with deadly force.


[Piplup learned Aerial Ace!!!....... kinda....]


Barry and Piplup were both laid out, nearly out-cold, but Piplup, being too proud to show it's damagedness, quickly rose to his feet and puffed out his chest. You promptly scold him.


"DAMMIT, STRAHM, YOU'RE A BIRD-LIKE POKEMON WITH FLIPPERS! You're suppose to be able to FLYYYYY! FLAP HARDER NEXT TIME!"

> "But- but-"

Barry came out from the bushes and looked around.

"So, wasn't that your mom? Scary. Never knew your mom was such an evil bitch."

> "BARRY! DO YOU SEE THE SHADOW?"

"Shadow..?"

Barry looked around and shrugged a bit.

"What shadow?"

Obviously, the shadow was gone, since it seemed to be a bit attached to your mom.

> Send out Strahm. Begin humming the Pokemon TV Show theme song which you somehow know in order to keep yourself calm.

You send out Strahm whom you promptly begin to snuggle as you curl up in the fetal position and begin humming to yourself..... of course, this song is so catchy, you just -have- to sing.

"I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST
LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS
TO CATCH THEM IS MY REAL TEST
TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUUUSE!
I WILL TRAVEL ACROSS THE LAND
SEARCHING FAR AND WIDE!
TEACH POKEMON TO UNDERSTAND
THE POWER THATS INSIIIIIIIIIIDE
POKE-"

"Is she gone yet?"

"GAH!!!!! BARRYYYY!"

Barry had just conveniently popped his head out of a nearby bush and scared the crap out of you.

> "I'M SERIOUS MOMMY TURN AROUND"

"Grahh, you annoying human brat! I have no more time for your games. I have real work to do. Gyarados!"

Gyarados lowers it's head, allowing your mom to jump onto the top of it's head. Then in a flashy spinning of water, Gyarados and your mother was gone. Well, that was new..